Fractions — basic ideas

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Fractions basic ideasmc-TY-fracbasic-2009-1In this unit we shall look at the basic concept of Fractions what they are, what they look like,why we have them and how we use them. We shall also look at different ways of writing downthe same order to master the techniques explained here it is vital that you undertake plenty of practiceexercises so that they become second reading this text, and/or viewing the video tutorial on this topic, you should be able to: recognize when two Fractions are equivalent; convert a fraction into its lowest form; convert an improper fraction into a mixed fraction, and types of mathcentre 20091.

So, to convert from mixed fractions to improper fractions you multiply the whole number by the denominator then add the numerator before writing it all over the denominator. Example Write 52 9 as an improper fraction. Solution 52 9 = 5×9+2 9 = 45+2 9 = 47 9. Example We can even write any whole number as a fraction, in many different ways. For ...

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